"That changes a few things on my end, but none on yours. Do your best to coerce them to go down the back street to the bell tower, and I will do the rest from there."
"And now comes the hard part," muttered Shinji, a restaurant owner just south of the center of Lasklee, as he heard from one of the waitresses that the three Yarrakona members were finishing up their meal and would be heading out soon. After psyching himself up Shinji browsed his wares before choosing his best bottle of brandy and walking out into his restaurant. He passed by a few of his regular customers as he made his way to a large table in the corner; where three Yarrakona members were sitting. From what he was told he knew that they were all relatively prominent in the family, though the incredibly large man sitting between the two was one of Oyabun Inshi's best men.
He stopped in front of their table, eying all the empty dishes before him, and gave his best smile as he presented the bottle of brandy to them. "My best bottle of spirit for all of you," he started, letting the smallest of the three men take it from his hands to examine it, "I appreciate that you chose my restaurant to come to today; I know that I will have a boom in service tonight thanks to your visit. I hope the food was satisfactory?"
"Hah, it certainly was pretty damned tasty I tell you that. We even got a large bag to take back for later," the small man said cheerfully as he showed the bottle to the others before putting it in the bag between himself and the large man.
"Well I am glad that you enjoyed it. I...also have something of interest for you if you care to hear it," Shinji told them, dropping his voice and doing his best to look nervous. He had all of their attention now. "I...get a lot of people each day and a few days ago I noticed some men in suits who I believe were members of the Buderos. Now I managed to overhear that two days from then, today, that they would be around the bell tower. They said that they were to go into your territory and take out a few of you...I didn't hear any specifics, but I thought it would be important for all of you to know."
There was silence as the three Yarrakona's listened to him, and he had a minute to properly look at them all. They all were in dark leathers (how they could stand being in it with the heat he didn't know) with the largest man having a large chain around his waist. All three of them had shaved their heads, the two smaller men leaving only their beards. As he awaited any form of acknowledgment he was startled when the large man opened his mouth and said in a deep voice, "We'll go look for these men. Let's go guys."
With that they all got up and left the restaurant, leaving Shinji to worry about what would happen if things don't go as planned.
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"Man I hate those suit-wearing fools," the middle man said as he shuffled behind the short man and in front of the large man, carrying their bag of food. He noticed some birds take to flight above them as they walked down the shadowy street, the large bell tower clearly visible in front of them.
"We'll deal with them no problem if we find any," the small man laughed as he continued leading them down, his laughter becoming a choking sound as he fell to his knees and tried to wrench the arrow that was lodged in his throat. Once he yanked it out he fell to the street, quickly bleeding out. The middle man dropped his bag and had enough time to grab his pistol before he too was hit with an arrow in the throat.
The large man proved to be the most challenging as the archer had figured, dodging a few of the arrows and climbing up the building and onto the roof. Even with a few arrows being shot into him as he climbed he simply shrugged off any pain he might have felt as he charged to where the archer was with the chain in his hand. A few more arrows were shot before the archer lowered their bow to fight the large man; dodging the initial charge and hitting him with the bow. They brought their two weapons against the other, the bow being pulled out of the archer's hands and thrown to the side.
A dagger was brought out by the archer as the large man swung the chain at them as they tried to get in closer. It was an easy dodge that left the man open to be stabbed in the arm and side; but also left the archer open once the large man discarded his weapon and grabbed them by the shoulder.
"This is where it ends for you Night Archer. No more killing any of the Yarrakonas!" he yelled out, starting to crush the archer's shoulders before they suddenly were ten feet away and his face had been kicked in a dozen times. He yelled out in anger as he went to reach for his chain only for a small falcon to come down and scratch at his face before backing off as the archer came in to attack the distracted man. A stab at the arm pit, a stab into the shoulder, and one in the heart did the large man in; his fall showing the end of this fight.
"That was nice of you to come and help Fletch," the archer said after catching their breath for a minute before grabbing their bow and jumping down to the street below. Fletch landed on their shoulder as they walked over to the bag that the middle man had dropped; picking it up before leaving the bloodied street.
